Here we are Monday morning, all ready for our flight to Seattle, to spend the week with Uncle Bill and Aunt Patty!
Our flight was smooth and uneventful, a pleasant two hours, and we soon settled into our Redmond home-away-from-home. After Uncle Bill got off work, he and Stace and William saw the hit movie Ford v Ferrari.
They all loved it.
Uncle Bill took Tuesday off work, and after enjoying a lazy morning together at home, we all took Oakley to Marymoor Dog Park. It's huge, and a natural area where dogs can be off leash, enjoying the woods, a big river, and playing with each other.
The park leads to this walkway to Lake Sammamish.
We then went to get lunch at a fancy grocery store, with an amazing selection of hot and cold ready-made foods. The cheese selection is what drew Aunt Patty to take us, and here, Stace found a cheese advent calendar all the way from Ilchester!
After lunch, Patty took the girls home, and Stace, Bill and I did a little more shopping.
We went to Costco for wine for Thanksgiving, and I was thrilled to find a coffee machine in the food court. For $1.25, I got a large and delicious pumpkin spice latte! The value and quality from the machine reminded me of the lovely Costa Express machines in the UK, though this one was bigger drink.
Wish our Costco had this machine!
We then went to Value Village, a Goodwill-type resale store with fabulous finds and great brands, probably because we were in a rather upscale area. I found a bunch of books the girls love for a dollar each, and a pair of tall brown leather Clarks boots for Cora for less than $20. Total score!
When we got home, we had a great time playing a new game called Telestrations, a cross between the old game of telephone and Pictionary. You get a word on a card, and draw the word. The next person takes your drawing, guesses what it is, flips the page and writes that word. The following person draws that word, and it keeps alternating until the book comes back to the original person.
Sometimes, the final word/drawing is far off from the original, and it's very funny.
Like when the word was "dragon," and Uncle Bill drew this.
Stacey's guess?
Flaming Hot Chicken.
We all went to bed tired from laughter!
It was a long ride to Washington, but at least it wasn't terrible. There were nice views. It looked like the entire state of Oregon was covered in snow, according to what I saw.
We went on a nice long walk in the rain and mud.
It was really rainy in the winter, so there were lots and lots of trees and plants.
A couple of days later, we visited a waterfall nearby, in Snoqualmie. There was quite a lot of rain and mud, but it was worth it.
On the way back, we visited a cool stone mason business. There were stone masons from all over the world who made structures, including people from England.
We finished our Chicago puzzle. We also watched Victorian Farm and some of Edwardian Farm.
On Monday, it snowed just before I left. I wish there was a little more to play with.
When I went home, I saw Mount Rainier peaking over the clouds. It was cool.
